How Do You Make a Colider Not Explode?

When i think about smashing an atom, i think of mass destruction. How do you make a colider not explode? That's a great question, and that's not a question i've ever been asked before. The thing is that we don't have a sustained reaction. So what happens is, you smash two protons together, for example, and the protons collide and they get broken apart. You're really only in danger if you stand on the target area,. Probably with a bunch of warning signs around for you not to stand there. There is radiation produced in these collisions. And that's why these collisions are done underground.